to shove along
1
8.1
- phrasal verb
- /ʃʌv əˈlɔŋ/
- Informal
- I have to shove along.
Examples
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The teacher told the students to shove along when they were taking too long to pack up.
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The bus is about to leave, so you should shove along and catch it now.
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When the concert ended, the crowd began to shove along toward the exits.
Synonyms
805
3.4
Leave a place suddenly because you are angry or protesting
106
3.5
To leave a place suddenly to show you are angry or upset
59
8.4
To leave a place quickly or suddenly
36
8.1
Tell someone to leave in a rude way
31
9.9
Tell someone angrily to go away and that you will not accept their idea
24
7.9
Make someone leave quickly and forcefully
17
7.7
Leave a place quickly, often in a rude way
17
6.8
Leave a place or start a journey
14
6.4
Tell someone to leave a place in a rude or angry way
14
8.4
To tell someone to go away right away in a rude or angry way
12
9.9
Tell someone to go away immediately in a rude way
9
4.1
To make people or animals go away by waving your hand
6
7.9
To leave a place quickly, often without saying goodbye
6
9.5
To tell someone rudely to go away or to stop working and relax
5
5.1
To lead someone politely out of a room or building at the end of an event
4
2.5
Leave a place quickly because you are in a hurry
3
9.6
To tell someone to leave in a rude, angry way
2
9.9
Tell someone to go away in a rude way
2
2.7
To move quickly in one direction
2
9.9
Tell someone rudely to go away or leave you alone
2
9.9
Tell someone to go away and leave you alone
2
9.9
To leave a place quickly because you do not want to be there
1
9.5
To tell someone rudely to leave
1
9.9
To leave quickly and quietly or tell someone rudely to go away
1
9.9
A short spoken word telling someone to go away now
1
7.7
To say goodbye and leave politely
1
9.9
Rudely say to someone that you want them to go away
1
9.9
A rude phrase telling someone you refuse their request and they should go away
1
9.9
Angrily tell someone to go away
1
9.9
To tell someone to go away in a rude, angry way
To leave a place suddenly, usually to go somewhere else
To leave a place quickly, often to avoid trouble
Tell someone to leave a place firmly
To make someone leave quickly to show they are not wanted
Tells someone angrily to go away
To walk out suddenly while showing anger
Antonyms
How Rude
- Offensive
12
9.9
- Informal
17
7.7
- Informal
1
8.1
168
3.0
926
1.0
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'to leave or move away (abruptly/rudely)' is directly derivable from combining 'shove' (to push forcefully) with 'along' (onward), yielding the sense 'push/move onward' or 'move along'. This follows a regular verb+particle composition and the pragmatic rude use is predictable from the forceful verb, so a B1 learner who knows the constituents can infer the meaning.
Etymology
Shove along comes from the image of someone using shove, a hard push, to make people go along a line or out of a door, like a guard or shopkeeper moving a crowd; that's why it now means 'to leave' or 'move away' quickly and often rudely.